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title: "12 U.S.C. § 225"
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# 12 U.S.C. § 225 - Federal reserve banks; title

## Text

A Federal reserve bank shall include in its title the name of the city in which it is situated, as “Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.”

(Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 2 (part), 38 Stat. 252.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is based on part of the second par. of section 2 of act Dec. 23, 1913. The rest of the second par. was not included in the Code. For classification of other pars. of section 2 of this Act, see Codification note set out under section 222 of this title.